And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The guy on the ladder needs to learn how to use a spray bottle & a rag. I know from 15 years experience gun gas is a cast iron bitch to get out of that paint, but damn , son….that pig is filthy. Get ahead of it!
Agreed, this is DM. I lived in Tucson for close to 20 years and can verify that they had a lot of Warthog flights in the valley and over to Yuma or other gunnery ranges. I can’t imagine a flight of those bearing down on me in anger.
I bet Fairchild would have delivered these jets to the Marines if they had the money or wanted them, but: Can't think of a Marine aircraft that cannot be used on Navy carrier decks, and these jet are not designed for that.
The guy on the ladder needs to learn how to use a spray bottle & a rag. I know from 15 years experience gun gas is a cast iron bitch to get out of that paint, but damn , son….that pig is filthy. Get ahead of it!
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ReplyDeleteAgreed, this is DM. I lived in Tucson for close to 20 years and can verify that they had a lot of Warthog flights in the valley and over to Yuma or other gunnery ranges. I can’t imagine a flight of those bearing down on me in anger.
DeleteIt is truly a tragedy that the Air Farce was allowed to have the exclusive rights to this Close Air Support jet aircraft.
ReplyDeleteThe Gau-8 can twist itself into knots just as fast as it can fire. Lucky it wasn't often.
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I bet Fairchild would have delivered these jets to the Marines if they had the money or wanted them, but:
ReplyDeleteCan't think of a Marine aircraft that cannot be used on Navy carrier decks, and these jet are not designed for that.